Real Estate Forum: Forum 100
First American Realty Associates
Finance | Honorable Mention
Company:   First American Realty Associates    
Address: 310 Passaic Avenue , Suite 204 A    
City: Fairfield    
State: NJ    
Zip:   07004    
Phone: 973-575-7547    
Fax: 973-575-7631    
Email: joe@firstamrealty.com    
Website: www.firstamrealty.com    
Key Executive      
1. Name: Joseph S. Epstein    
    Title: President    
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*Number of Offices: 1    
*Number of Employees: 2    
*Gross Revenues Fiscal Year 2006: 57.0 million    
*Projected Revenues Fiscal Year 2007: 75.0 million    
Selected Areas of Specialization: Hotel Financing    
Company Overview: First American Realty Associates is a national hospitality mortgage company that focuses exclusively on hotel financing including construction, acquisition,refinancing,renovation/repositioning/conversion and mezzanine loans. First American Realty has financed over 500 hotels in 44 states.    
*Total Number of Financing Transactions
Arranged or Committed in 2006:
10    
*Total Value of Financing Transactions
Arranged or Committed in 2006:
76.0 million    
Percentage by Financing Type:      
Public Debt: 100 %    
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Value by Financing Type:      
Public Debt: 76.0 million    
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Percentage by Property Type:      
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Industrial: %    
Retail: %    
Apartments: %    
Hotels: 100 %    
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Percentage by Geographic Area      
Northeast: 32 %    
Southeast: 34 %    
Midwest: 34 %    
Southwest: 34 %    
West: 34 %    
International: 34 %    
Percentage by Rate Types:      
Fixed: 60 %    
Floating: 40 %    
Interest-Only: 18 %    
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Construction: %    
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